John Hargrove, PhD

Senior Research Fellow

Research theme: Combatting Infections of National Priority

John was appointed as SACEMA director in early 2006 and remained director until June 2010, when he handed over stewardship of SACEMA to incoming director Alex Welte. John worked for more than 30 years in the field of tsetse fly biology and control, applying mathematical analytical and modelling techniques in the field of physiology, behaviour and population dynamics.

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0346-5260

Recent publications

Transmission elasticity in communities hyperendemic for tuberculosis
Uys P, Marais BJ, Johnstone-Robertson S, Hargrove JW, Wood R

Clinical Infectious Diseases

(2011)

https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cir229
How different are the costs and consequences of delayed versus immediate HIV treatment?
Welte A, Hargrove JW, Delva W, Williams BG, Stander T

South African Medical Journal

(2011)

http://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj/article/viewFile/4700/3235
Accuracy and completeness of recording of confirmed tuberculosis in two South African communities
Dunbar R, Lawrence K, Verver S, Enarson DA, Lombard C, Hargrove JW, Caldwell J, Beyers N, Barnes JM

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

(2011)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21333100
Estimating HIV incidence among adults in Kenya and Uganda: a systematic comparison of multiple methods
Kim AA, Hallett TB, Stover J, Gouws E, Musinguzi J, Mureithi PK, Bunnell R, Hargrove JW, Mermin J, Kaiser RK, Barsigo A, Ghys P

PLoS One

(2011)

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017535
Antiretroviral therapy initiated soon after HIV diagnosis as standard care: potential to save lives?
Johnstone-Robertson S, Hargrove JW, Williams BG

HIV/AIDS - Research And Palliative Care 3

(2011)

https://doi.org/10.2147/HIV.S7278
Field trial of a synthetic tsetse-repellent technology developed for the control of bovine trypanosomosis in Kenya
Bett B, Randolph TF, Irungu P, Nyamwaro SO, Kitala P, Gathuma J, Grace D, Vale GA, Hargrove JW, McDermott J

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

(2024)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.09.001
Evaluating the BED capture enzyme immunoassay to estimate HIV incidence among adults in three countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
Kim AA, Rehle T, Pillay-Van Wyk V, Ekra A, Borget-Alloue MY, Adje-Toure C, Abdullahi AS, Hargrove JW, Odawo L, Puren A, Marum L, Parekh BS, McDougal JS

AIDS Research And Human Retroviruses

(2010)

https://doi.org/10.1089/aid.2009.0218
HIV decline in Zimbabwe due to reductions in risky sex? Evidence from a comprehensive epidemiological review
Gregson S, Gonese E, Hallet T, Taruberekera N, Hargrove JW, Lopman B, Corbett E L, Dorrington R, Dube S, Dehne K, Mugurungi O

International Journal of Epidemiology

(2024)

https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyq055
Simplified estimation of the long-term specificity of the BED assay to improve estimates of HIV incidence
Hargrove JW, Humphrey JH, ZVITAMBO Study Group

AIDS Research And Human Retroviruses

(2010)

https://doi.org/10.1089/aid.2010.0009
Tuberculosis Transmission to Young Children in a South African Community: Modelling Household and Community Infection Risks
Wood R, Johnstone-Robertson S, Uys PW, Hargrove JW, Middelkoop K, Lawn SD, Bekker LG

Clinical Infectious Diseases

(2010)

https://doi.org/10.1086/655129